Analyst: 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Due in Q4

[zakislam]

Laptop expected to retail well below the $2,199 entry point set for the 15.4-inch model announced in June.

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[fudoka711]

Well it better retail for less than the $2.2k price of the 15.4" mbp...

 

[bukbuk]

Time to teach the wife to handle MACOS on a normal PC with a reasonable price.

 

[john_4]

This news has my attention, throw in a SSD drive and wow, a nice upgrade to what I have now. Looked at the 15" one at Best Buy, too big and pricey for me but the display looks outstanding. I love my slightly older 13" Macbook pro and OS X is the best. The haters can hate but OS X just works and for my usage it is the best OS I have ever used for ease of use. The Macbook Pro is the Ferrari of laptops.
OK haters, start the hate now.

 

[ForTehNguyen]

13 inch "Pro" machine? lol

you cant just put any SSD in there, its a complete different SSD form factor which looks more like a stick of RAM than an SSD.

 

[yobobjm]

Lets be real here, this is apple and it still is going to be expensive.

 

[samwelaye]

[citation][nom]yobobjm[/nom]Lets be real here, this is apple and it still is going to be expensive.[/citation]
Lets be real here, its still going to have the best screen you can get in a 13" laptop. You pay for that privilege. Just wish some of the windows pc makers would get the good screens goin cause I'd wanna be able to use standard ram and a standard SSD as well.

 

[Guest]

yup, it's true. apple is always the one to push higher pixel densities first, then everyone follows. and it's not like the displays are manufactured by apple, either.

 

[Anomalyx]

[citation][nom]anon4eva[/nom]yup, it's true. apple is always the one to push higher pixel densities first, then everyone follows. and it's not like the displays are manufactured by apple, either.[/citation]
Too bad that a fancy screen on an Apple device is akin to lipstick on a pig.

I math'ed out just what visual acuity you'd need to even tell the difference between two adjacent pixels on that 2880x1800 15.4" screen at an 18-inch viewing distance, and it's 20/12. Even sharper vision is required if it's farther away from your eyes. Point is that very few people are even capable of seeing that sharply. Because retina(tm) displays are pretty much Apple's only selling point besides "everyone else is buying it", I conclude that Apple devices are a horrible choice to purchase.

 

[spookie]

I wouldn't even pay $1500 for a 15" model....let alone for a 13"

 

[del35]

The smart ethical life is an iCrap free life.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]john_4[/nom]This news has my attention, throw in a SSD drive and wow, a nice upgrade to what I have now. Looked at the 15" one at Best Buy, too big and pricey for me but the display looks outstanding. I love my slightly older 13" Macbook pro and OS X is the best. The haters can hate but OS X just works and for my usage it is the best OS I have ever used for ease of use. The Macbook Pro is the Ferrari of laptops.OK haters, start the hate now.[/citation]
I never saw a Ferrari loose to a Fiat Punto.